SaraB's 183G Rimless AGE Downgrade ;-)

DML08 · Mar 28, 2011

thats great to hear Sara, do you have access to a par Meter? I would love to see the readings you get from that fixture.. here is a thread that you can post your readings or just look through to see different line ups.. Good luck.. tank is coming along nicely...
Is it about time to change the T5 light bulbs? Par meter readings - Reef Central Online Community

SaraB · Mar 29, 2011

Thanks. Yes, I actually own a Par Meter ... new in the box for 3 years now ;)

My friend Justin has already volunteered to come over and help me measure the Par on this fixture and work with the bulb configuration. I'll post the numbers on that thread when I have them.

stedfast82 · Mar 29, 2011

Sara why didn't you go with leds for lights or try them out.

tangboy · Mar 29, 2011

Man oh man I can't help but ask... Sara what do you do for a living to get these $$$ pieces of equipment :P You make me drool as reefer on a teachers salary :)

SaraB · Mar 29, 2011

stedfast82 said:
Sara why didn't you go with leds for lights or try them out.

I guess I was an early adopter with a purchase of a PFO Solaris I-5 a few years ago. It was still in the box when I sold it shortly after PFO closed their doors. I guess I'm still not comfortable with the technology and cost. It keeps getting better as time goes on, so I'm going to wait a bit longer and wait for the market to weed itself out!

SaraB · Mar 29, 2011

tangboy said:
Man oh man I can't help but ask... Sara what do you do for a living to get these $$$ pieces of equipment :P You make me drool as reefer on a teachers salary :)

I do financial project management in the telecom industry...also have no kids so that helps alot ;)

Try and find yourself some well maintained used equipment and that will help you get some of the same items!

FateX8 · Mar 29, 2011

beautiful tank!
and i completely agree about leds
the technology is just growing way to fast to hunker down to any one unit, especially at their current costs

benny z · Mar 29, 2011

more pics!!!!

:D

roshi719 · Mar 29, 2011

Nice looking tank so far. Definitely need some more pics though

SaraB · Mar 29, 2011

I know..more pics to come soon!

Forgot to mention I got notice today that my fixture shipped out of Toronto and is on its way!!!

MarvinsReef · Mar 29, 2011

SaraB said:
I know..more pics to come soon!

Forgot to mention I got notice today that my fixture shipped out of Toronto and is on its way!!!

awesome Sara. :)

REEFCRAFT · Mar 30, 2011

Looks good, Sara. Fly me out there so I can play with your rocks.

SaraB · Mar 30, 2011

amuze said:
Looks good, Sara. Fly me out there so I can play with your rocks.

Thanks ... you don't like my rockwork the way it is? Suggestions?

REEFCRAFT · Mar 30, 2011

SaraB said:
Thanks ... you don't like my rockwork the way it is? Suggestions?

Yes, I like it how it is. I was joking because I like aquascaping and I'm done with my tank. Can't wait to see your tank grown in. Are you going to be keeping any/a lot of sps in this one? The wrasse all look great too.

SaraB · Mar 30, 2011

amuze said:
Yes, I like it how it is. I was joking because I like aquascaping and I'm done with my tank. Can't wait to see your tank grown in. Are you going to be keeping any/a lot of sps in this one? The wrasse all look great too.

Okay, gotcha!

Yes, I plan on keeping a good amount of SPS in this tank. They are hard to see, but I do have 2 quite large acro's in there already (right front) and there's a setosa that moved in on liverock from my last tank. I also have 11 sps frags and 2 mini colonies in the frag tank waiting on the new lighting to arrive.

There's also a bunch of LPS that will be filling in the rest of the tank.

Aquaph8 · Apr 1, 2011

The tank is looking awesome Sara, cant wait to see some pics with the new lighting.

stunreefer · Apr 1, 2011

Hey Sara, nice tank! ;)

Just had a chance to go through your thread and it looks great! I really loved this tank and can't wait to have a similar sized one in the future.